At least seven people have been killed and 48 injured after three attackers drove a van into crowds on London Bridge and then went on a stabbing rampage in nearby Borough Market.
Police said armed officers shot dead all three attackers within minutes of receiving reports of the terrorist attack unfolding in central London. The three men appeared to be wearing suicide bomb vests that were later confirmed to be fakes.
Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, said on Sunday morning the incident was under control. “We believe there were three attackers and we believe they are dead,” she said.
She was asked: “Do you know the identity of the attackers” and replied: “I don’t”.
The commissioner said the police’s priority was now to “establish more details about these individuals who carried out the attack and the background to it”.
Detectives also wanted to know whether anyone was working with them in what Dick described as “a fast-moving investigation”. She said there would be increased police patrols in London, including with armed officers. She urged people to remain calm but be “very vigilant”.